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Brenden Bates
TE · CLE · 2024–2025
Born October 16, 1999 · College Kentucky · Undrafted · 6-5, 255 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | −0.801 | +0.130−0.061 to +0.321 | 3.0 | -2.0 | −0.8 | −0.00 |
| 2025 | CLE | 5 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 80.0 | +0.610 | +0.175−0.014 to +0.363 | 3.8 | 7.8 | +3.1 | +0.03 |
| Career | CLE | 6 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 66.7 | +0.375 | 3.6 | 6.2 | +2.3 | +0.03 |
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NYJ/CLE | 6 | 39 | 9.5 | – | – |
| 2025 | HOU/CLE | 9 | 134 | 24.6 | – | – |
Hands and contested catches
Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Targets charted | Catchable % | Drops | Drop % of catchable | Contested targets | Contested catch % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 100.0 |
Game logs
2025 game log (5 games)
2024 game log (1 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2025-01-04 | @ BAL | L 10–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.8 |